Cant hook



Patented Feb. 26, 1924.

JOHN VIRGLE HOGANS, OFARGYLE, FLORIDA, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TOv JOE HAYES, .0F NEWArRK, NEW JERSEY.

CANT `HOOK.

Application led December 15, 1922-. Serial No. 607,170.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN V. HOGAN-s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Argyle, in the county of Walton, State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cant Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cant hooks.

'One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character wherein the pivoted dog is held in proper position for engagement with the work at all times.

Another object of the present invention is to provide novel and improved means for urging the dog into operative position.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cant hook made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4.-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the member 19 is formed.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, represents the stai or pole of the cant hook. One end of the stai is formed with a prod point 11, reinforced with a. metal toe 12, while the other end is formed with a hand grip 13. At a suitable distance from the point there is secured around the staff a metal band 14, and pivotally mounted between the ends of this band is the inner end of the dog 15, the outer end of said dog being formed with the usual angularly turned nose 16. In the staii', rearwardly of the band 14, is a longitudinally extending and inclined groove 17 and disposed transversely in the end of this groove, adjacent the band, is apin 18. A resilient arm 19 has one end disposed in the said groove and is pivotally mounted on the before-mentioned pin 18. The pivotal portion of the arm 19 1s rebent on itself, as shown at 20, and has its end extended below the pin 18, within the groove, as shown at 21. To this lower end there is connected one end of a coil spring 22, which is disposed longitudinally in said groove and has its other end secured to a pin 23, in the other end of the groove. The major portion of the arm 19 extends upwardly and forwardly in a longitudinal curved outline, and has its free end formed with a bifurcation 24 in which is mounted a roller 25. This roller bears against the rear face of the pivoted dog, as clearly shown in the drawing. The arm 19, except for the roller carried thereby, is formed from a single blank of metal, as clearly seen in Figure 5 in the drawing. In this figure, it will be noted that the outer or free end of the member is formed with a transverse head 26 which, when the blank is p-roperly treated to produce the arm 19, is bent into a plane at right angles to the stem thereof, and then the arms of the head bent at right angles to the body of the head to form the bifurcation shown in the finished member of the other figures of the drawing.

It will be not-ed that the spring causes the arm 19 to rock on its pivot and hold the roller in yielding engagement with the pivoted dog, whereby said dog is always in position for engagement with the work, and will not swing back onto the staii of the cant hook, requiring the use of the hand in applying the dog every time it is needed.

The device is simple and cheap in its construction, and can be readily applied to the ordinary cant hook now in use, with the simple modification of the groove for the arm 19 and the coil spring 22.

What is claimed is:

l. A cant hook including a st-aii' having a groove therein, a dogl pivotally mounted on the staff, an arm pivotally mounted within the groove and having its free end bearing against the outer face of the dog to urge the latter inwardly toward the staff, one end of the arm extending into the groove. and a spring connected to the extension and sta 2. A cant hook including'a staff having a longitudinal groove therein, a dog pivotally mounted on the staff adjacent one end of the groove, a flexible arm having one end bent into S-shape and disposed Within the said the other end; of the groove and with the 10 end of the groove, ay transverse pin in the projection of the iexibe arm.

groove engaging through the @shaped end In testimony whereof, affix my signa,- of (fhe arm to flrm a pivot therefor, the (aid. ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

en of the arm avingapro'jeetion exten ing T e into the groove, the other end of the arm JOdN VR'GLE HOGANS' bearing against the outer face of the dog to Witnesses:

urge the same inwardly toward the sta, WM. H. HAGEMANN,

and a, spring in the groove connected Ywith A. M. VAN NESS, 

